Financier’s Point of View

Financier’s Point of View

Just as producers need financiers to make their film, financiers need films made by independent producers to stay in the business. It is a mutual need and financiers invest in a project because they make money from investments in film production.

While financing films, financiers look at ways of safeguarding their investments and recovering the amount spent with some profit margin. With these objectives in mind, financiers back a film on the conditions that :

The advanced funds be timely repaid

They make money as interest or profits on the investments

Financiers are constantly seeking new film projects that meet their criteria. It is up to the producers to convince such financiers that their proposed film satisfies both criteria